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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

  • Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 22 December 2024
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Question reference: S4W-28206

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 10 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government who attended the July 2015 conference, Our Common Future Under Climate Change, on its behalf, and what their role was at the conference.

Question reference: S4W-28204

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 10 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Minister for Environment, Climate and Land Reform has met UK ministers to discuss each of the 2015 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings that were held in Bonn.

Question reference: S4W-28205

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 10 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government who attended each of the 2015 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings in Bonn on its behalf, and what their role was at the meetings.

Question reference: S4W-28201

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made with the Scottish Smart Grid Sector Strategy since its launch in 2012.

Question reference: S4O-04794

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2015
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what action it takes to address staff welfare issues related to winter weather.

Question reference: S4W-27936

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that the transparency of the ownership of limited partnerships is sufficient, and what its position is on whether reform is necessary to (a) enhance this and (b) ensure that these partnerships cannot be used as vehicles for money laundering.

Question reference: S4W-27937

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the report by the investigations company, Kroll, that all but one of the limited partnerships referred to in its recent report on Moldovan bank fraud and money laundering had a registered place of business in Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-04706

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 28 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how the independent review of planning will increase community participation in such decisions.

Question reference: S4W-27935

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many limited partnerships have been registered in each year since 2008, and what its position is on the trend.

Question reference: S4F-03020

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2015
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2015

To ask the First Minister what proportion of the labour force has a secure job that pays at least the living wage.